The Sun. — London, England, 1808-02-29 00:00:00

• ..! 1,4 l'A LIAAIE NI rni;s!: pi? PEERS, PEB. 27. `T;, , t.otc, the Duke of MON t. - ! 4 tIAM, tWilq:l* robed, took the front 01 the throne, ; icrS, and the Commons t y ,t oval assent was given by usual to: An, to the Malt and Pen 3qty tile 11,ink Lo,in, the Unclaimed l i i ls, tlu Exchequer Bills Regulation, the Intercourse, anifthe Curates' Bills; toge tno-r with two private Bills. no lo) and a' half Millions Exchequer Bills Bill, rind ttto Bib for AbOlishing tbe Office of Receiver 'of tin Petty C,ritorns of`the Ports of London, were time, and ordered to be , ,committed . on, illy. • • Lill for better regulating'the Office ofTrea snr,r of the . Navy, and the,Brazil Trade Bill,' went ti,y Ault Committees, and were ordered to be re 'por...'e'd on Mondriy.--Adjournedi HOUSE OP COAMIONS. SATI. I ).E.DAY, Fell. 27. On the Speaker's return to the Hour, the De ,eivr% of ; the Crown Intended to amend the • I.t,:turns ior the Boroughs of. Saltash and Horsham. .111 the return for the comet . - the names of Matthew I.4:sq. anti John Pe'diey, Esq. were inserted place of those of W.H., Yreemanthi, Esq. and '.i`ltt , to:t Franck Freernantle, Esq. and in the latter t . : nntnes 'of Joseph Marryatt mid Henry,Goul- Esqrs. ingte:al of those of Sir Samuel Ro il tifly , attci Parry Tont..ts Parry, Esq.—Adjourned. A.ualVt Dllbl .111.7 z Waterford. Du t—3 Gottertburgh, u ti blin, I Waterford.. PRICCOF STOCKS 'TMS DAY AT "TWV,I,Nr. O'CLOCK. CC .11!;01S - 6 3 "i Rai. - 1 .• 64 i THE SUN. a01..ti4 (.1 , 716 DICERZ ?ALSVM AUDEAT? O N 0 N , MONDAY, ITIMUARY 2.9, 1808. WE under:J:lnd that GOvernment have received Dispatches from Sir RICITATOY STRACHAN, which state, that , the gallant Admiral, supposing that the of the Cornmaoder of the _Rochefort citia dron v.ras.Ao get into' thel Mediterranean, had bent hi, course thither, and Letters have reached town mortling.from Plymouth, which state that the ehefort S:vtadron had atlually got into Toulon. TT i generilly understood that Government are tri:titog preparittions for giving- ellealunl tisoistiince to Sweikm„ inutile event of an attempt to invade o'm King(ronl: It is not yet known, and if it were it Wool 1 1))t b propiq . to state, what number of tri?opi will , 4 it to '3 , ,vect.ln j but it i 3 probable thin the Vorei„u troopi in our pity. will be principal 7 ly e.rli loyed in that hervice. "Ilte accounts from Gottenburgh,.of the gallant determination of Sweden to resist. the unprincipled pg;resqion of Russia and France, have 'called forth the patriotic whining of the Opposition Papers, They alr e;t ily lament, in' the most feeling Manlier, that oar example and encouragement (for, unless they' could criminate their Country, the Scribblers, of Op position wO;11..1 think their pains ill !empinyed,) s'“».ild induce the Swedes to enter into a hopeless struzgle, and thus exasperate the Enemies whom she might render propitious to Tier cause by timely and uneonditipnal sObmisSion ! . Thus it is that, at eveiy, Period of the - War, hire nt.',,s and traitors, in nil the Countries which hr&e fil:en under the iron sway of ,France, ~ previously laboured to alienate "or babdtle the k of the Nople,. and facllitate the trittruidts of (L• ! ‘,Vll:. , rever fluip.:ArAltTP, ha's led his ; , ;11,.try h0r11,.:3, he h 33 foond his ntid - his success more than half of his designi, or panic of 1, , stir 'cited, *and peifidi , . :rnmititral wreteht.. l B Whom in- . Appoislted vanity had con . , loa..,:oonaries or tyranny and par , 1 , , 11ie c 1 k.ither of the world. 1 ,veii in ihe days'of ROW,: asp' r.Hram, while tor, teii:s cif inn,..icent blood were flowing in every part o r Fr a ncp, -iimoking ruins encumbering its s detcqable hypocrites, with cha , ; i t) , i n ti l e mollths, bin toorilt.r in their hearts, chitlittinl,.. , „; the liappittess of Me vine-covered end gum ) ! v(ztlies of that devoted and :guilty arty re;:ommendiug its example to the rcst .\ of now thdt its ferociotts Despot, y;crifief.! of tuilli,)tvi of human beings, and yet more by the bagenc:,i; of which we have spoken, has sobjectc , l the whole Continent of -.k;arope, with t Swed,,;:ii, to tile most galling slavery, f o e $;3 1,n0 parr I io iiebuit tvo parari ;,,wi L i .11., lic4; 4UlClil 1.11135. t It' efforti, atid by .s . lates of the ;..,I. ()tiler diicotliap . ,ing arid is6tiirlious , Pilb. , tt , C.,,it'tll:lo.llll)g p,ll.iy 411 rerhaihing resiht. 111—: t,, v.A. of the Iyemit, ~111(1 of UK:, Uoiver:,o! complete the send we an army rejoice to Happily, however, those Vipers, ho were te ceivtd into the hostiin or the last Administration, and suffered to instil their venom into all their minds, have been flung out with contempt by the present, and cha'sed. back to• their for Mer obscurity.. This • has imbittered their hatred to th6r Country, at the same time that it has rendered it less dangerous; and it shalt be our care, by exposing their designs from time to time, to lessen the hale evil which • they are yet capable of producing. There is no instance in the history of mankind, from the days of ancient Tyre to the present, in which maritime power has not evinced a mott deCisive su periority over every other. That little State, which probably never exceeded in dimensions those of the city of London, baffled for years the innuptetable armies ,of the two greatest. Conquerors which the old world ever saw. Athens was yet more fortu nate; and if Carthage yielded to llome, it was be cause nature denied her the means of repairing her. fleets with a facility equal to that of, her Enemy. Northern Africa, destitute of timber along a vast extent of coast, is ill calculated for maritime exer- tions, and can never long contend against the su- perior naval advantages of Europe. But there ifi fortunately no occasion to have recourse to antiquity for proofs of our assertion, since the alual situation of Great Britain supplies a praaical demonstration of the fact. In defiance of all the rage, and all the power of BUONAPAItn, the superiority which the bravery and skill of our seamen have established is becoming every hour more apparent and more for. midable. Six months have scarcely elapsed since the madness of the tyrant compelled us to turn that force ' which had hitherto been directed against the arms of the Enemy, against the extensive commerce which they had been so long and so unwisely per mitted to enjoy :. and already has one cry of distress pervaded the 'whele of the Continent ! And what remedy does the Great Nation" and its numerou s dependencies propose, for this growing. evil ? Fleets andartnies?, No ; but " sufferings, privations, vo luntary miseries of every.kind." Nor can the most sanguine imagination suggest any others; for ou r naval advantages must increase with time, and 'every .hour add to our means of annoyance. : Armies .may be disciplined as well'in' one spot as another and cock-boats be Manned and rOwed on the mud Of Boulogne, as, they were formerly on the sands of Dyrachiom ; but Ships of War are no longer .ma naged by oars : and the seaman I.vho can not prac tice his manaauVres, on the oee.an, is hourly bccom. ing less seieniille and Ich4 Peace alone can enable France to check the progressWe degradation of her navy, which filling all her ports with 'ships will not effea ; and it is a sacred duty, of which we are confident that the, preient Ministers •Will,.net lose sight, to secure, on our side, wheneVer the period of tranquillity shall arrive, advantages correspondent o, the, mighty boon which we shall have it in our power to bestow. We have said enough to prove the impotence of BUONAI'ARTE, as far as relates to the possibility of. reducing our power 7 a possibility so impudently dwelt on by the foreign and domestic enemies of Great Britain; and we , flatter ourselves it will not be very difficult to slew that Sweden, notwithstanding the kind adjurations of the same considerate people to submit unconditionally, and the. , assurances 'that re sistance can only add to her chains, will yet be able, with our assistance, to repel her foes, and maintain at once her• independence and her honour. The Opposition Writers, who, if no, in the confi dence of the enemy, always pretend to.be so, assure us that a two-fold attack is to be made on that country; that . Denmark is to invade Seania With a 6ocly of fifteen thousand men,, and Russia to fall on Vinland at the same time, with an army which was first stateil at 'fifty thousand men, but which it has been since thought proper to reduce thout one thitd. If there be any Power which not‘only the Swedes, but•alt the Northern uatitins regard with coutempt both as men'and as seldiers,it is certainly the Danes. It is not unusual for our facetious neighbotirs to term, kis "-a nation of Shopkeepers ;" while according to the,present version of the Thuilleries, (With which his Imperial . Majesty of All the hussies agrees) . the Danes are " a brave and honourable nation," inca pable, undoubtedly, of desbeuding :to the vulgarity of commerce. l'he real truth, however, is, that from the CtrowN .PRINCE to his, valet, from the PrimeiVlinister (BaaNsTorr) to his porter', and so oti throngh every gradation of - rank and fertune, the whole of Denmark is engaged in trade : this is ptir sued with a sprit of avarice, rapacity, and meanness which has, lung since brutified the nation, and xen dered it insensible to every generous feeling, Such an enemy 41:i this .is not likely to prove e;tremely. formidable.to Sweden ; and we are well convinced that the landing of the whole Danish army in Swe; den would create neither confusion nor terror in a sitigle breast., But, say the Opposition Writers, France will and honest Dant - ." a most excellent opportunity of contrasting I he liberality and humanity of their friends, with the cruelty, tyranny, and oppression of their enemies, and afford a most splendid triumph to the patriotic maligners of their country in both Houses ! A question still remains, wlch, indeed, we should have put before; j-loware the combined army ,to get to Scania ? Unleis the Opposition in tend to improve on the motion of Lord SIDMOUTH, and . vote for the immediate restitution of the Danish Navy 5, ,we , apprehend that the Swedish Fleet is , more than competent to confine the Danes to their own harbours. With the assistance which we shall speedily afford them, it seems likely that they will, be competent to somewhat more. jf we may trust the reports of 'Thursday !light , Mr. SHERIDAN has discovered another mode of an noying our Ally : it is by an invasion fro rn Norway, which, he assures us, had nearly proved successfulin 1790. But Sweden had then a set of traitors in her 'bosom—men Who persisted, with an obstinacy truly diabolical, in exaggerating, and, in many cases, aid ing the advantages of the Enemy, and depressing and betraying those of their Country. We believe that nothing of this sort is likely to take place at present. It.seetns also to have escaped Mr. SHERI DAN, while be was painfully treading that - mill-horse round of stale wit, with which the Opposition Pa , pers are so greatly delighted, that Norway is un equal to the support of an army. All the resources . of the country would not maintain a force adequate to an attack on Sweden for a. month ; and we see no reasop to suppose . that this latter country, with the sea in her, power, will be much inclined 'to permit the introdu6tion of supplies from . Zealand ! The attack of Rassia carries with it something more formidable in appearanCe. . But even here the Opposition Writers may indulge a short respite frOM their - patriotic , fears for the gallant but rash," King of SWEDEN. For more than three months Finland has been one consolidated mass of ice, into which it is impossible for a trenching tool to perie irate it will remain •in thet state for at least two Months longer; and, before the period of a general thaw, we shall probably find time to remove their apprehensions on the subjetis. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses So- FRIA, AUGUSTA, and MARY, accompanied by Lady GEORGINA BUCKLEY, Generals MANNERS and lifTz-; AoY, went. to St. George'l Chapel, and heard a Ser mon preached by the Rev.'Mr. pHAMPNEY,from Ist. Thessalonians, chap. V. verse 16, and afterwards re turned,to the Palace. Os 'Saturday the Duke of Ironic went to Windsor, and kid all interview with his MAJESTY till four o'cleck. We have received some more German Papers, the confents'of which have, for the most part, been an tiCipated by the French Journals. It is confirmed that a Russian. Squadron of fifteen sail has arrived at .Trieste, with the Addition, that it has a number of troops on, Ward. Gk.sr6ttAt. WHITELOCKE'S TRIAL, 24T0 Thii day - Celonel PACK was examined, as was also Colonel CADOGAN. Lieutenant-Colonel Cann was then . called, and his evidence was proceeding whets our Express left Chelsea. A reinforcement of Troops is abbut to be sent to Gibraltar ; and it is supposed that a portion of the force originally intended for Sicily will stop at that fortress. Unless fOr the purpose of ofrehslie opera tion*, the force at present at Sicily ,is considered fully adequate to its' defence, the lecal advantagei.ot the Island presenting almost 'insurmountable obsta cles to invasion. Lord Howa is appointed Governor Of Plymouth, in the room .the late Lord LAKE, 'and is WC• c eeded in the Government of Berwick by General TAR LEIGH. Admiral Rowt.e. ,is appointed Cominander in 'Chief at 'Jamaica, in the room of Admiral I/Wats ; and Admiral CAMPBULL is appointed 'Coininander in Chief in the Downs, in the rodM of. Aaniral Rowt-ix. The. French are endeavouring to make an im provetnent in the art of gunnery, by effecting a disc charge of cannon by means of electricity, without exposing the gunners to the enemy's . fire. An 'ex • eriment was lately made by M.'Boucnz, in the Jardin des Plantes, at Paris, to try the effect of eleetricity. applied to gun-batteries. Instead of guns, he fired' too rockets on larga sticks in,thezarden ; 'the rockets were all connected by an iron wire, and one spark caused them all tivexplOde at the same instant. • . , A Society has been. formed in Denmark for im proving and extending the art of Swimming. A. plan has been submitted to Government for the extensive culture of cotton, tobaccnand rice, at Go ree and Sierra Leone. The soil and climate are in the highest degree tavotirable to the . experiment. Yesterday afternoon the Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs, intended to be exhibited in claim pf Lord Somea. iirr.r.E's Prizes, began to arrive at SADl.Ett's tory, m GoWell-street, and at dusk the following sent in Catty, viz. —The Duke of BEIniORD, two Hereford and two Devon oxen, and ten South Down sheep—Lord SomEavit.r.P., four Devlin oxen, and five Angle-MerinO sheep—Sir T. 130Wi,ES., seven Leicester sheep—Sir T. Carta, nine south Down rams, and twentp,seven sheep-,-Sir H. T, VANE, one Scoteh ox---Mr.WESTCA rt, four Hereford oxen— Mr. TRIMMER, two Sussex Oxen, Bre,' &c. &c.— This morning the show of the above, land several other cattle expelled,' commenced, agrictiltural im plements, seeds, Stc.,; and to-morrow his Lordship gibes an elegant dinner to his Agrictiltural Friends at Freemasons' Tavern after which he: will pub licly adiudge the prizes, agreeable to the report of the judges appointed to examine the Cattle ex o Zealand to join the Danish f o rces. hibited. Ihe Inv i nc ib le, pf 74 . guns, :a to be launched at hear it, It will afibrd the, brave .: Woolwich, as scion as the spring-tides will admit. NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Yesterday arrived Elva Pluto Sloop of War, Capt. JANVERIN, from a Cruize; and o to,diy the Inconstant Frigate, Capt. DICKSON, from Guemey. Yesterday.sailed the Contest Gun-brig, Lieutenant GREGORY„9II a Cruize; and Rolla, THOMPSON, for Qibraltnr ;„ and to-day the Northumberland, of 74 .guns, Captain HARGOOD, and Resolution, Captain BURLTON, for the Mediterranean. The Noserpine-- Frigate, Captain Orilla, takes Convoy to the Mediterranean; and Thalia Frigate, Captain MANRY, to Guernsey and Jersey. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 9.7.--I•Sailed the Tigress . Sloop of War, and Eagle Excise Cutter, with a Fleet of Coasters under convoy, .tor the Downs—among which are several Danish Merchantmen, laden with valuable cargoes, bound for London, to be there dis posed of. Sailed the Jamaica Frigate, on a cruize off Jeri. say ; the Fervent Sloop s of War, for the channel Fleet • the Defender Sloop of War, on a Cruize in the Channel and La Flecke Sloop of War, on a cruize to the Westward. The Provident and Eitryalus Frigates, and Brisk Sloop, of War.. are gone out of klarbour,„and anchor-, ed in the Sound. Arrived the Ann hired Armed Brig, from 4 cruize. ,~. GREENOCK, FEB. 26.—The Fleet which sailed from Cork on- the 11th of November, arrived at Barliadoes on the igth of , December. The Ships fOr Jamaica were 'to proceed fot that Island the next day. The following Clyde Ships were amongst the fleet for Jamaica : Ann, THOMPSON ; Mars, CAMP .BELL ; Jamaica, BURNS ; Kitty, REiD ; Colum bus, REID Mary, ALEXANDER ; and Margaret Bogle, HANNAH. Several yessels put . into Holy Loch on Wed, nesday id coming up the River, owing to contrary winds. The Hart; froth Limerick, and Sisters, 'from Bristol, are said to be of the number. A Convoy will be provided io sail froM Long Hope .S'ound, Orkney, to Gottenburgh, on the,2sth - of. March. Orders have been sent • rpm the Admiralty to Vice-Admiral Wurrsusn, to station a naval tome for the proteaion of •the Western Coasts of Scot land and Ireland, and the entrance of the North Channel. DEAL, FRB. n.—Arrived the Flamer Gun.► Brig, from a cruize. Sailed the Success of 32 guns for the Nore ; also. the Avenger Sloop, with Convoy for Portsmouth, and the Fly Sloop on a cruize. Feu. 28.---Arrived the Thrasher Gun-brig from the Nore. Sailed the Flamer Gun-brig en a ernize. An unfortunate accident happened last. Friday morning, on board the Beagle Sloop of War, under Dungeness; the Armourer, in taking the lock front off one of the cannonades, the gun went °if and blew off the one next it, by which accident the cook and two men were killed, and the Vessel sus tained .considerable damage. , r SHEERNESS, FEB . . 25.—Arrived the Woolwich, Tender, Lieu't. Cox, from the River with impres men and volunteers for the fleet. Sailed the Safeguard Gun-Brig, Lieut. FIELD, lot Yarmouth. Went out of Harbour to the Little Nore, the/fiche Gun-Brig, Lieut. PRICE. Sailed the Cruizer Sloop of War, Capt. 'VITEN"' ZIE, with convoy for GOtteDbUrgh. FEB. 26.—Went out of the Harbour to the Gfeat Nore,-,bia Majesty's Ship Majestic, Capt. COLLARD, to be paid, and then sail to Yarmouth ; also his Ma? jesty's Ship Leyden, Capt. CUMBERLAND. Sailed this day, the Lord Cullingu'ood, Traveller, Arethusa, and the Orb Transports , for Heligoland► with a number of Merchants' Ships that came down the River. StIRERNIISS,_ FEB. 27.m.—The 'NfUjCStiC, • ..)(4, .Capt. COLLARD, tind Leyden, 64; Capt..42.tlMrf B a L F ,AD, anchored at the Great Note; and were paid wages ,up to six month. Sailed. the Turbulent Gun-brig, for HOig° l3l3 ' The Archer Gnn-brig went out of Harbour to the Nero. Arrived the Snipe Gun.brig from Harwich. Arrived the Piercer Gun-brig, Lieut. Simnel.; ifriadne Frigate, Captain FARQUHAR, from the Downs ; Sentinel Gun-brig, Lieut. KING, to be re paired, having b'een aground near Harwich. Also the Deptford Tender, Lieut. ANTRAM, with Volun teers and Impressed Men, and a timber of gen sent from the Guardships here to navigate the de' tained Danish Vessels up the River. Sailed the Mglestic, of 74, for Yarmouth. Arrived the Urgent Gun-brig, Lieut. RIGBY'. 'FBB.2B.—Sailed the Leyden, 64, for Yerre etiL Wentgouunts, Capt. cm ofHarbo A ur, p_i t tE o L t i. h . e Nore, the Dicta. i ° r , of ti 111•••••••••••• , • MO, of 18 guns, Lieut. BoUGH , with a WHITRY„ Tgs. s7.—Came in his Majesty's Ship Privateer, being part of seven which she captured on Tuesday last on the Norway Coast, and sen t the others for England. Danish It is,said that M. Da STAHREMBERG was, nn his introduaion to BUOgAPARTE, by the Austrian Arn" bassor, M. Ds METTERICH, received with great coldness ' • and that in consequence, a day or tw o af terwardshe left Paris, on his journey to 'Vienna. HYDE-PARK---Had yesterday to boast of a more splendid and numerous assemblage of persons of Bank and Fashion than we have noticed since the commencement of the season. The Marquis of STAFFORD, with his usual libe rality, means to re-open his fine Gallery of Piaure9: for the inspeStion of the Amateurs, early in May: It has been considerably increased by the valuable colleStion late the property of Mr. BRAND of t o fordshirei An illegal eighty-gallon still was last week de tested at Ctdross, Scotland. It is stated to have been worked for several years, doting which, on an average ) , the Revenue was defratided of 4,1, 0001 ' Per anhutn. The penalties are laid to an imarto amount.